Culture
'Only Beggars Held the Bowl': A Korean Take on Dining Etiquette Divides Japan
A Korean social-media post explaining that lifting your rice bowl is seen as low-class in Korea — because 'historically only beggars ate that way' — went viral in Japan. It clashed with Japan's opposite rule, where NOT holding the bowl is 'eating like a dog,' and commenters argued over the metal-tableware history and whether the beggar explanation was even true.